- Analysis of Psalm 22, continued:
- Repeated terms
- “Loaded” or powerful terms
- Figures of speech
- “enthroned upon the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3)
- “I am a worm and not a man” (Psalm 22:6)
- Parallelism
- Couplets throughout (note Psalm 22:2)
- A – Psalm 22:12-13 – enemy imagery
- B – Psalm 22:14-15 – effect on speaker
- A – Psalm 22:16 – enemy imagery
- B – Psalm 22:17-18 – effect on speaker
- Word play
- “upon you I was cast from birth” (Psalm 22:10)
- Reasons for God to intercede
- Delivered in the past (Psalm 22:4-5)
- Contradict the mockers (Psalms 22:8)
- Trusted since birth (Psalm 22:9-10)
- Vow of praise (Psalm 22:22,25)
- Structure of the psalm
- Analysis of Psalm 88
- Identity of the speaker and addressee
- Individual (Psalm 88:1)
- Addresses God exclusively
- Specific events under consideration
- Setting of the Psalm in Hebrew worship
- Use of diving names and descriptions of the relationship between the speaker and God
- Repeated terms or phrases
- “Loaded” or powerful terms
- Figures of speech
- Parallelism
- Identity of the speaker and addressee
JS
March 05, 2014
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